A holistic, body/mind integrating psychotherapist and art therapist, my 23 years experience with individuals and couples shapes collaborations in which the client's own wisdom-knowing guides unique journeys into wholeness.

My experiential psychodynamic approach to depth healing and integration incorporates gestalt, applied existential psychology, creativity, guided imagery and dreamwork to resolve family of origin issues, developmental trauma, major life transitions, and explore potent life experiences such as relationships, chronic illness, eldering and identifying as GLBT.

I also facilitate classes based on Artlife Creation, exploring the intuitive creativity inherent throughout our lives, and authored the Sounds True teaching set Artlife: Creative Journeys for Life Healing (http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/Artlife/4273.pd)

Vocal Empowerment Therapy is a set of non-judgmental, body-centered, and creative processes combined to help you:

Connect your body, mind and spirit with your voice. Build a relationship with your Higher Self as your own best teacher and guide.

Your body is the instrument and channel for what moves through you and beyond. This includes your breath, voice and energy, as well as feelings, thoughts, sensations and spirit. You can try to control everything you do or surrender to something greater, allowing your body and voice to resound with all the colors of who you are.

Each client arrives with their own goals, gifts and also blocks to those gifts. My MA in Vocal Performance, deep study of body-centered therapies, and personal journey beyond trauma make me uniquely qualified to this meaningful work.

As an existential counselor, I encourage self-awareness through self-expression while embracing human potential, and remaining realistic through the recognition of human limitation. I believe in giving attention to the entire framework of the client’s life, in the context of exploring meaning and value while promoting growth and desire to live authentically and in accordance with one’s own ideals, priorities and values. It is my understanding that disturbance is an inevitable experience for virtually everyone; the question is not so much how to avoid it as it is how to face it with openness and a willingness to engage with life rather than a tendency to retreat, withdraw or refrain from responsibility.

In my practice I work with the clients of all ages, genders, ethnical and sexual orientation. I speak English and Russian fluently. As a counselor, I specialize in life transitions, foster care/adoption support, infertility, grief and loss, depression, personal growth, and self- esteem. While guided by an existential approach, I utilize creative therapies through SoulCollage(R) expressive arts, play and bibliotherapy. I would love to hear from you and find out how I can help. My website: laskacounseling.weebly.com My email: laskacounseling@gmail.com

Brad Graham, M.Ed. is a career counselor who uses a combination of therapeutic interventions, strengths-based approaches, and assessments which can help individuals gain clarity about their career direction or future life aspirations. Many of his clients are in the midst of career or life transition or are young adults entering the workforce. Visit my website at www.collaborativecareers.com